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Client APIs and toolsYou can use the HCL Informix® implementation of client APIs to develop applications for Informix® database servers.
GLS User's GuideThe Informix® GLS User's Guide describes the Global Language Support (GLS) feature available in Informix® products.
GLS environment variablesHCL Informix® products establish the client, database, and server locales with information from GLS-related environment variables and from data that is stored in the database.
GLS-related environment variablesThese topics list the GLS-related environment variables that you can set for HCL Informix® database servers and SQL API products.
GLS8BITFSYS environment variableUse the GLS8BITFSYS environment variable to tell HCL Informix® products (such as the Informix® ESQL/C processor) whether the operating system is 8-bit clean.
Restrictions on non-ASCII file namesIf your locale supports a code set with non-ASCII characters, restrictions apply to file names for operating-system files that Informix® products generate.

Restrictions on non-ASCII file names

If your locale supports a code set with non-ASCII characters, restrictions apply to file names for operating-system files that Informix® products generate.

Before you or the Informix product creates a file and assigns a file name, consider the following questions:

Does your operating system support non-ASCII file names?
Does the HCL Informix product accept non-ASCII file names?

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